2022 FIFA World Cup Group G
Appearance
Group G of the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be from 24 November to 2 December 2022.[1] The teams in the group are Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland and Cameroon. The top two teams will go to the round of 16.[2]
Teams
[change | change source]Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
FIFA Rankings[3] | |
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March 2022[nb 1] | October 2022 | |||||||||
G1 | Brazil | 1 | CONMEBOL | CONMEBOL Round Robin winners | 11 November 2021 | 22nd | 2018 | Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) | 1 | 1 |
G2 | Serbia | 3 | UEFA | UEFA Group A winners | 14 November 2021 | 13th[nb 2] | 2018 | Fourth place (1930, 1962)[nb 3] | 25 | 21 |
G3 | Switzerland | 2 | UEFA | UEFA Group C winners | 15 November 2021 | 12th | 2018 | Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954) | 14 | 15 |
G4 | Cameroon | 4 | CAF | CAF Third Round winners | 29 March 2022 | 8th | 2014 | Quarter-finals (1990) | 37 | 43 |
Notes
- ↑ The rankings of March 2022 were used for seeding for the final draw.
- ↑ This is the third appearance of Serbia at the FIFA World Cup. However, FIFA considers Serbia as the successor team of Yugoslavia, who qualified on eight occasions, and Serbia and Montenegro, who qualified on two occasions.
- ↑ Serbia's best result is the group stage in 2010 and 2018. However, FIFA considers Serbia as the successor team of Yugoslavia.
Standings
[change | change source]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
2 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | Serbia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 1 |
In the round of 16:
- The winners of Group G will play the runners-up of Group H.
- The runners-up of Group G will play the winners of Group H.
Matches
[change | change source]All times listed are local, AST (UTC+3).[1]
Switzerland vs Cameroon
[change | change source]Switzerland | 1–0 | Cameroon |
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Brazil vs Serbia
[change | change source]Brazil | 2–0 | Serbia |
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Cameroon vs Serbia
[change | change source]Cameroon | 3–3 | Serbia |
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Brazil vs Switzerland
[change | change source]Brazil | 1–0 | Switzerland |
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Serbia vs Switzerland
[change | change source]Serbia | 2–3 | Switzerland |
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Cameroon vs Brazil
[change | change source]Discipline
[change | change source]Fair play points will be used as tiebreakers if the teams are tied after the overall and head-to-head rules. These points are based on yellow and red cards given to a team. The points are:[2]
- first yellow card: minus 1 point;
- indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
- direct red card: minus 4 points;
- yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;
Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points | |||||||||
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Brazil | 1 | 2 | −3 | ||||||||||
Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 4 | −7 | |||||||||
Cameroon | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | −9 | ||||||||
Serbia | 3 | 2 | 7 | –12 |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Match Schedule" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Regulations – FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ↑ "Men's Ranking". FIFA. Retrieved 21 November 2022.